Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and Expanded

Bitter Fruit is a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. First published in 1982, this book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the United States and the Third World. The authors make extensive use of U.S. government documents and interviews with former CIA and other officials. It is a warning of what happens when the United States abuses its power.

Author: Stephen Schlesinger, Stephen Kinzer
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American S
Published: 10/01/2005
Series: Latin American Studies
Pages: 374
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.52w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9780674019300
Revised and Exp Edition